I was just wondering...who would make a good Mama Rose that hasn't already? I am talking about anyone...Broadway stars, Movie stars, TV stars, and even those people who don't fall under any category. And I am not talking about the present. I am talking about the type of people who would make good Mama Roses...maybe in ten or fifteen years.

By no means am I suggesting a revival. God knows there have been too many. Although I do love Gypsy

One person's name I heard mentioned in a conversation I've had about this topic is...Sutton Foster.

Okay...Go.

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Christine Ebersole is brilliant but she is in NO way a Mama Rose type. First off, she is a soprano and her voice is just all wrong for the role. Ruthie Henshall and Heidi Blickenstaff are wonderful actresses but I couldn't envision them as Mama Rose either.

Stockard Channing is the only one mentioned in this thread that I could see as Rose.

Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:45 pm

ilovebway

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Stockard Channing would be amazing. I could definitely see her doing it.

Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:47 pm

Apples2for10

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LeocadiaBegbick wrote:

Christine Ebersole is brilliant but she is in NO way a Mama Rose type. First off, she is a soprano and her voice is just all wrong for the role.

Our Rose was a coloratura soprano, and she was brilliant in the part.

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